Israel Ortega Sánchez, M.D., Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Israel Ortega graduated from Complutense University School of Medicine in 2004 and received his Obstetrics and Gynecology Board certification from Autonoma University, Hospital La Paz in 2009. He is been working as a consultant in Reproductive Medicine at Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad (IVI) since 2009. From 2010 to 2011 he studied at University of California, Davis (USA), under a Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship, receiving his PhD in 2014.

Dr. Israel Ortega’s main interest is PCOS, publishing several articles and chapters in scientific journals on this subject. He has received Honors Degree in Medicine (Complutense University of Madrid) and the First Prize Poster Award of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

Education and Training

M.D.	Complutense University of Madrid Medical School, Madrid, Spain (2004)
Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology	La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Spain (2004)
Expert Degree in Clinical Genetics	Alcala de Henares University, Madrid (2009)
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology	University of California Davis School of Medicine, California USA (2010-2011)
Ph.D.	Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid Medical School, Madrid, Spain (2014)

Honors and recognition

First Prize Paper, Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility	2016
Ph.D Extraordinary Award, Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid Medical School Madrid, Spain	2014
First Prize Poster, American Society for Reproductive Medicine	2011
Extraordinary Award for Degree in Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid	2003-2004

Publications

A 5-year multicentre randomized controlled trial comparing personalized, frozen and fresh blastocyst transfer in IVF
Simon C, Gomez C, Cabanillas S, Vladimirov I, Castillon G, Giles J, Boynukalin K, Findikli N, Bahceci M, Ortega I, Vidal C, Funabiki M, Izquierdo A, Lopez L, Portela S, Frantz N, Kulmann M, Taguchi S, Labarta E, Colucci F, Mackens S, Santamaria X, Munoz E, Barrera S, Garcia-Velasco J A, Fernandez M, Ferrando M, Ruiz M, Mol B W, Valbuena D, Group Era-Rct Study Consortium,

Reprod Biomed Online. Sep. 2020 doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2020.06.002

Healthy baby born after icsi with ejaculated immotile spermatozoa from a male kartagener syndrome using magnetic-activated cell sorting (macs) as a compliment of sperm preparation technique: A case report
Losada C, Pacheco A, San Celestino M, Ortega I, Bronet F,

Medicina Reproductiva y Embriología Clínica. 2020 doi: 10.1016/j.medre.2020.10.002

Ovarian manipulation in ART: going beyond physiological standards to provide best clinical outcomes
Ortega I, Garcia-Velasco J A, Pellicer A,

J Assist Reprod Genet. Oct. 2018 doi: 10.1007/s10815-018-1258-6

Sigue habiendo indicaciones para el ciclo natural?
Castro B, Ortega I,

2017 doi:

Generation of mice with longer and better preserved telomeres in the absence of genetic manipulations
Varela E, Muñoz M, Tejera M, Ortega I, Blasco M,

Nature Communications. 2016 doi:

High responder: optimizing your stimulation without complications.
Martinez Salazar J, Ortega I, Garcia-Velasco J A,

2016 doi:

Using donor gametes, embryos.
Iglesias C, Ortega I, Garcia-Velasco J A,

2016 doi:

Progesterone supplementation in the frozen embryo transfer cycle
Ortega I, Garcia-Velasco J A,

Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. Aug. 2015 doi: 10.1097/GCO.0000000000000184

ART & PCOS.
Ortega I, Garcia-Velasco J A,

2015 doi:

Endometriosis and ART.
Ortega I, Garcia-Velasco J A,

2015 doi:

Large bilateral endometrioma in IVF.
Garcia-Velasco J A, Ortega I,

2015 doi:

Ovarian actions of resveratrol.
Ortega I, Duleba AJ,

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2015 doi:

Comparison of effects of different statins on growth and steroidogenesis of rat ovarian theca-interstitial cells.
Sokalska A, Villanueva JA, Stanley SD, Ortega I, Duleba AJ,

Biol Reprod. 2014 doi:

Resveratrol potentiates the inhibition of simvastatin on rat ovarian theca-intertitial cell steroidogenesis.
Ortega I, Villanueva JA, Cress AB, Wong DH, Sokalska A, Stanley SD, Duleba AJ,

J Ovarian Res. 2014 doi:

Role of statins in PCOS management
Ortega I, Duleba AJ,

2014 doi:

Effects of simvastatin on retinoic acid system in primary human endometrial stromal cells and in a chimeric model of human endometriosis.
Sokalska A, Anderson M, Villanueva JA, Ortega I, Bruner-Tran KL, Osteen KV, Duleba AJ,

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 doi:

Presentations

Ortega I Alvarez de la Fuente A Sonia Matey Elizabet Henzenn Cruz M Pacheco A Antoni Duleba Garcia-Velasco JA P-854 RESVERATROL FOR PREVENTING OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME IN WOMEN AT RISK UNDERGOING EGG DONATION: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED STUDY. Presented at 76th American Society of Reproductive Medicine Scientific Congress, Virtual congress, October 17-21,2020

Simon C Gómez C Cabanillas S Vladimirov IK Castillón G Giles J Boynukalin FK Findikli N Ortega I Vidal C Izquierdo A Portela S Frantz N Taguchi S Labarta E Colucci F Mackens S Santamaría X Muñoz E Barrera SG Fernandez-Sanchez M O-134 IN VITRO FERTILIZATION WITH PERSONALIZED BLASTOCYST TRANSFER VERSUS FROZEN OR FRESH BLASTOCYST TRANSFER: A MULTICENTER, RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL. Presented at the 35th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Vienna, Austria, 14-16 October 2019

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Israel Ortega Sánchez, M.D., Ph.D.

Biography

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